Acts 20:5:6Acts.20.5.W6TAB
ἐν
en
“in”
- Transliteration
- en
- Extended
- ehn
- IPA
- /en/
Meaning by language
- English
- in
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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en
- sentence
HOU-toi de pro-sel-THON-tes E-me-non hê-MAS en trô-A-di
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase en Troadi {ἐν Τρῳάδι | en Trō-á-di} provides the locative frame “in Troas,” a strategic coastal city that functions in Acts as a travel hub. In English, the participial construction is rendered either explicitly (“having gone ahead”) or more idiomatically (“went on ahead”), while preserving the temporal sequence of going ahead first and then waiting in Troas for “us.”
Root and etymology
menomu–epsilon–nu–omega
“to remain, stay, wait”
In context — Acts 20:5
But these men , having gone ahead, were waiting for us in Troas .
About this coordinate
Acts 20:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 20:5, so the Greek word ἐν (en) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.20.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.5.W6.S1) and character.